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Christmas and Boxing Day
... sort of worked, but Natasha was completely pleased with herself.
On Boxing Day, we went snow shoeing! Our journey was to cross the river and go to the island. I was a bit weirded out when we started crossing the river, but the ice was obviously thick enough and we had no problems crossing. Snow shoeing is not very difficult, but it took a lot of work getting used to walking with my feet far enough apart. I kept stepping on the snow shoes, and when we ...
Finnish Christmas Eve
... the Finnish vodka, Mari brought out her Salmaikki vodka which tasted like the liquorish Salmiakki candy. I didn’t like it, but I can say that I tried it. After Mari’s vodka, her dad brought out some peppermint vodka. I had never done shots after Christmas dinner before, too funny! Then, Santa came a knockin’ at the door!
Santa was pretty tall and skinny, and had an oddly masked helper, but he knew our names and knew Natasha and I ...
Day 1 in the Arctic Circle
... watching them bake, and having the left over cookie dough that didn't fit on the two baking sheets. After baking, it was time for the Finnish sauna!!!!
The Finnish sauna is intense—and awesome. :D So basically, the Finnish sauna is next to the shower, and the three of us chose to sit in the sauna in bathing suits (I was in underwear and Mari’s bikini top since I didn’t think ahead ...
Lapland - Departure home
... experienced only two snow falls. One occurred on Christmas eve 2007 but remained only for a few hours and the second one on Easter Sunday 2008. On Easter Sunday the temperatures dipped to -4°C. It was hard to say, whether we brought the snow and cold temperatures from Lapland, after we had had such a mild winter in Frankfurt for the whole first quarter of the ...
Lapland - Cross-country Skiing
... were more like a lightning than a colorful display of colors. Maybe part of the problem was that it was nearly full moon by March 21, March 23, 2008 was Easter Sunday. Easter Sunday is always the first Sunday following the first full moon event after the onset of Spring. During this 21st century, this Easter Sunday will be the earliest Easter event in a ...
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